Telodendria/src/include/Log.h

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#ifndef TELODENDRIA_LOG_H
#define TELODENDRIA_LOG_H

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <syslog.h>

/*
 * The possible flags that can be applied to alter the behavior of
 * the logger.
 */
typedef enum LogFlag
{
    LOG_FLAG_COLOR = (1 << 0),     /* Enable color output on TTYs */
    LOG_FLAG_SYSLOG = (1 << 1)     /* Log to the syslog instead of a
                                    * file */
} LogFlag;

/*
 * The log configurations structure in which all settings exist.
 * It's not super elegant to pass around a pointer to the logging
 * configuration, but this really is the best way without having a
 * global variable. It allows multiple loggers to exist if necessary,
 * and makes things more thread safe.
 */
typedef struct LogConfig LogConfig;

/*
 * Create a new log configuration on the heap. This will be passed to
 * every Log() call after it is configured.
 *
 * Return: A pointer to a new LogConfig that can be configured and used
 * for logging. It should have sane defaults; in other words, you should
 * be able to immediately start logging with it.
 */
extern LogConfig *
 LogConfigCreate(void);

/*
 * Free a log configuration. Future attempts to log with the passed
 * configuration will fail in an undefined way, such as by hanging the
 * process or segfaulting.
 *
 * Params:
 *
 *   (LogConfig *) The configuration to free. All memory associated with
 *                 configuring the logging mechanism will be
 *                 invalidated.
 */
extern void
 LogConfigFree(LogConfig *);

/*
 * Set the current log level on the specified log configuration. This
 * indicates that only messages at or above this level should be
 * logged; all other messages are ignored by the Log() function.
 *
 * Params:
 *
 *   (LogConfig *) The log configuration to set the log level on.
 *   (int)    The log level to set.
 */
extern void
 LogConfigLevelSet(LogConfig *, int);

/*
 * Indent the log output by two spaces. This can be helpful in
 * generating stack traces, or otherwise producing hierarchical output.
 * After calling this function, all future log messages using this
 * configuration will be indented.
 *
 * Params:
 *
 *   (LogConfig *) The log configuration to indent.
 */
extern void
 LogConfigIndent(LogConfig *);

/*
 * Decrease the log output indent by two spaces. This can be helpful in
 * generating stack traces, or otherwise producing hierarchical output.
 * After calling this function, all future log messages using this
 * configuration will be unindented, unless there was no indentation
 * to begin with; in that case, this function will do nothing.
 *
 * Params:
 *
 *   (LogConfig *) The log configuration to unindent.
 */
extern void
 LogConfigUnindent(LogConfig *);

/*
* Set the log output indent to an arbitrary amount. This can be helpful
* in generating stack traces, or otherwise producing hierarchical
* output. After calling this function, all future log messages using
* this configuration will be indented by the given amount.
*
* Params:
*
*   (LogConfig *) The log configuration to apply the indent to.
*/
extern void
 LogConfigIndentSet(LogConfig *, size_t);

extern void
 LogConfigOutputSet(LogConfig *, FILE *);

extern void
 LogConfigFlagSet(LogConfig *, int);

extern void
 LogConfigFlagClear(LogConfig *, int);

extern void
 LogConfigTimeStampFormatSet(LogConfig *, char *);

/*
 * Actually log a message to a console, file, or other output device,
 * using the given log configuration. This function is thread-safe; it
 * locks a mutex before writing a message, and then unlocks it after
 * the message was written. It should therefore work well in
 * multithreaded environments, and with multiple different log
 * configurations, as each one has its own mutex.
 *
 * This function only logs messages if they are above the currently
 * configured log level. In this way, it is easy to turn some messages
 * on and off.
 *
 * This function is a printf() style function; it takes a format
 * string and any number of parameters to format.
 *
 * Params:
 *
 *   (LogConfig *)  The logging configuration.
 *   (int)     The level of the message to log.
 *   (const char *) The format string, or a plain message string.
 *   (...)          Any items to map into the format string, printf()
 *                  style.
 */
extern void
 Log(LogConfig *, int, const char *,...);

#endif